Brittany

“She could see the name Fukamachi on a shiny name-plate by the door of the house, but it was a name that meant nothing to Kazuko. And at that moment, in her heart, she began to dream of meeting someone. Someone special who would one day walk into her life. Someone she would instantly feel she had known for years. Someone who would feel the same about her.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

“We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.”
― Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic

“It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me.”
― Haruki Murakami, After the Quake

“You see, our hard-earned saving are always going to be taken away from us by someone - whether we have any or not.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, Salmonella Men on Planet Porno